Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - News and Rumours

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**JSG**

Crispy78 wrote:
When are we thinking WQ: CC is being released? Has there been any comment on that so far? I was assuming it would be summertime like War Cry was.

Towards the end of the stream Adam Troke said that everything shown should be out within three months.

**JSG**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
given how little freedom gw artists currently have i'd wager these two are also going to be sculpts in the box for a total of 5 at least

When will this meme die? There are plenty of pieces that show things that aren't available as miniatures. GW just aren't going to let randos from Deviantart draw whatever they want.

Skellies are very nice and provide a viable option for more armoured deathrattle.

**JSG**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:

Considering how low fantasy everything has felt so far, I still feel that slight glimmer of hope that as we play we might be able to see some actual progress and upgradability in our heroes of choice.

At least from what little art we've seen, none of the heroic looking characters are comparable to the top shelf elites that permeated Silver Tower and Hammerhal. I'm enjoying the fact that things look a bit more mundane than high ranking Stormcast, Skaven Warlords and Grey Seers, or Exalted Champions rubbing shoulders as they wipe out assorted minions.

Heck, maybe we'd even get to find loot to equip and the like? Level up and get new abilities? Dare I dream?

The witch hunter has an underslung stake launcher. I wouldn't be too hopeful for upgrades and progression.

**JSG**

I think the price will be £100,000,000. At this price it would be a hard pass for me.

This is a totally legit rumour. Quote me.

**JSG**

zamerion wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
JSG wrote:
I think the price will be £100,000,000. At this price it would be a hard pass for me.

This is a totally legit rumour. Quote me.

Don't forget that it requires a credit check and monthly payments.

But for real: we have this nonsense anytime stuff is months out.
Where did the supposed $300 price come from rumorwise? Was it from an actual retailer's preorder pages? Or is it just from the usual suspects wanting clickbait articles?

Clickbaits from Youtube as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m496IS5-Hk&fbclid=IwAR2faFGenbQQ0pHJtf-1ULtEJzVcaTMOLltc16UhdSSieXdE1pyBo__XaT4

(now only for members)

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOi6-_E4Wkw

That guy thinks Warhammer Quest is going to be really expensive because it looks so much better than the new HeroQuest.

**JSG**

Muh tactical rock.

**JSG**

Longstrider wrote:
I just wanted to pop in to say that, despite your disagreements, this thread has brought up LOTS of good ideas about how the AoS world could actually be interpreted in ways that make sense. Not that I mind the metal album cover version where it's just raining blood and there are no edible plants either, but sometimes that gets tiring.

Did this post get lost in the warp for five years?

**JSG**

Kanluwen wrote:
Crimson wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
So I guess "grimdark" is really just a codeword for "superbusy" models?

The 'villains' so far are 1/3 for me. The Captain looks great, the other two look like Blanchitsu projects.
You're correct that they look like Blanchitsu models and horrendously incorrect in thinking that this is somehow a bad thing.

I'll take Kopinski or Gallagher over Blanche, thanks.

Eh, Kopinski's non Warhammer work is bland af.

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Cronch wrote:
Crimson wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:
So I guess "grimdark" is really just a codeword for "superbusy" models?

The 'villains' so far are 1/3 for me. The Captain looks great, the other two look like Blanchitsu projects.
You're correct that they look like Blanchitsu models and horrendously incorrect in thinking that this is somehow a bad thing.

There's a difference between "blanche-inspired" and blanchitsu (aka blanche, but flanderized).
Followers of "blanchitsu" have no chill, both amateurs and in this case, the GW design team.

Blanchitsu is literally just JB's own models. Has been since the 80's. You're definitions are backwards.

**JSG**

The candle is a Dickensian flourish and is peak Warhammer. I can't believe people have a problem with such a detail.

**JSG**

I suspect the boss is actually a half Ogor.

**JSG**

I think that refers to other, more specialised units. IMO Skeletons, Grave Guard and Black Knights are all solid kits and will stay. Cossack undead will be unique to the Cursed City box like the BSF stuff was.

**JSG**

Wolf pelts.

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We've seen two models from the new Soulblight range proper and neither had any of the eastern flair seen in the CC undead. Both carry on the aesthetic set down with the (7th?) WFB VC revamp.

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Ashaar wrote:
I seem to be in the minority, and dont like these skeletons. They're all posed like they're at a photoshoot or the end of a catwalk, which makes them look like they're trying to be 'edgy' but failing.

A bizarre take. They're posed like marionettes, which is pretty common as skeletons go.

**JSG**

GW hasn't had generic zombies since they redid VC, when they turned them into weaponized scarecrows.

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PiñaColada wrote:
Chopstick wrote:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/02/22/the-one-alliance-that-turned-prosperous-mournhold-into-the-cursed-city/

Confirmed Radukar the Wolf is an ogor.

I'm sure I'm just missing it, but where does it say that? I just see that it says that he's leading the Ogors

This.

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Sabotage! wrote:
Honestly the whole game just gives me a Mordheim vibe, even if it is set in AoS. Being Mordheim is my favorite thing GW has ever done, I'm pretty excited about it regardless of what universe in takes place in.

WFB and AoS are in the same universe.

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jeff white wrote:
JSG wrote:
Sabotage! wrote:
Honestly the whole game just gives me a Mordheim vibe, even if it is set in AoS. Being Mordheim is my favorite thing GW has ever done, I'm pretty excited about it regardless of what universe in takes place in.

WFB and AoS are in the same universe.

Really? I thought that the universe fragmented into nonsense. No way I would count these as same universe.

Semantics.

**JSG**

frankelee wrote:
jeff white wrote:
JSG wrote:
Sabotage! wrote:
Honestly the whole game just gives me a Mordheim vibe, even if it is set in AoS. Being Mordheim is my favorite thing GW has ever done, I'm pretty excited about it regardless of what universe in takes place in.

WFB and AoS are in the same universe.

Really? I thought that the universe fragmented into nonsense. No way I would count these as same universe.

Yeah, you're just getting trolled.

If you take exception to my post why not reply to me directly?

**JSG**

Cronch wrote:
Recycling "dead" fantasy characters is actually really annoying, cause it stops them from developing new ones. Unfortunately, they cottoned on to how well nostalgia sells some time ago, so AoS will now forever be just Old World characters "miraculously surviving/being reborn/trapped in mirrors" with minor spotlight on "current timeline" characters. After all, everyone loves Gotrek (even if the series should've ended where King wanted it to)

As lovely a narrative as that is, it's false.

**JSG**

If it was a case of "vampries gonna vampire" why would he rule the city afterwards? Seems like the necroquake just made it feasible for him to act so he did. The article says he was "strengthened" by it after all.

**JSG**

Chopstick wrote:
So he became vampire after raiding the vampire tomb? The Blood kiss is cursed?

"Radukar killed the twin-headed wolf Vilnas with his bare hands to claim an ensorcelled barrow-blade and prove himself worthy of the Blood Kiss."

Sounds like he may have gone there seeking the blood kiss.

**JSG**

Solved.

**JSG**

If the boss of a Warhammer game is an ogor he's going to be a bigger ogor, not smaller. It's pretty clear that the hosts got it wrong. They were given an unusual piece of info (a human vampire leading ogors) which was awkward because they were busy talking about 40k at the time.

**JSG**

Kanluwen wrote:
JSG wrote:
If the boss of a Warhammer game is an ogor he's going to be a bigger ogor, not smaller. It's pretty clear that the hosts got it wrong. They were given an unusual piece of info (a human vampire leading ogors) which was awkward because they were busy talking about 40k at the time.

Wut? The preview on Saturday was AoS only. They dropped the info at 1hr28min in. They get info directly from the design team/lore team.

Pre AoS stream was "Here's my DA army and Eddies been working on his Orks!". Every reveal was "This would look great as a <insert 40k unit here>". Adam briefly mentioned a Stormcast army in between waxing lyrical about Dark Angels. AoS clearly isn't their bag and they made a mistake.

**JSG**

Nice sidestep of the *see an AoS minis*... "That'd make a great X in 40k!" that happened with literally every reveal. I don't know why you want to die on this hill, their own social media has said they were wrong twice now.

**JSG**

I can't sidestep my own bit. You're just coping now.